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12 Clean Energy Trends to Watch in 2011 and Beyond

By Tracey de Morsella on June 2, 2011 7 Comments Arizona.biomass, Australia, bats, birds, BP, business models, CA, California, Chevron, China, clean energy, Clean Energy: Ten Trends to Watch in 2011 and Beyond, Colorado, concentrated solar power, concentrated solar PV, concentrating solar PV, CPV, CSP, DC-based microgrids, Denmark, Feed In Tariffs, floating solar arrays, Fukushima, Geothermal, Germany, hydrokinetic technologies, Ireland, Japan, Lockheed Martin, low-voltage DC, Maine, Nevada, New Zealand, nuclear energy, nuclear power, offshore wind power, ogeneration, Oregon, Pacific Gas & Electric, Peter Asmus, Pike Research, polysilicon solar PV, Portugal, renewable energy, renewable portfolio standards, RPS, Shell, solar-thermal-electric, solar;, South Korea, SPG Solar in Novato, thin film solar PV panels, Tidal, tidal energy, UK, United Kingdom, United States, UOG, utility wholesale grids, utility-owned generation, utility-scale solar PV, waste-to-energy, Wave, wave energy, wave power, wind, wind power

The clean energy sector is entering a phase of dramatic change in which business models are being transformed against a backdrop of regulatory uncertainty, as the industry emerges from a challenging period caused by the global economic downtown. Technologies and business structures that were once abandoned, are now being revived in several key sectors.

Wind Solar Water Alone Could Power the World by 2030 New Study Claims

By Chris de Morsella on January 20, 2011 5 Comments base load capacity, biofuel, biomass, breeder reactor, California, Climate Change, concentrated solar thermal, Davis, electric energy, electrolytic hydrogen, energy insecurity, energy policy, fossil fuel, gen IV, Geothermal, hydroelectric, Institute of Transportation Studies, lithium, Mark Delucchi, Mark Jacobson, neodymium, nuclear, permanent magnet, photovoltaic, Platinum, pollution, PV, rare earth element, REE, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power, thorium, tidal energy, transportation fuel, UC Davis, University of California, University of Stanford, water power, wave energy, wind energy, wind power, wind turbine

A new study that is sure to create some controversy proposes that the world can provide for all of its energy needs, including electric, transportation, heating/cooling energy needs using only wind, water, and solar power by 2030.

The City of Palo Alto Issues Renewable Energy Request For Proposal (RFP)

By Chris de Morsella on October 22, 2009 1 Comment Bay area, biomass, CA, California, Carolynn Bissett, digester gas, environmental, Fuel Cells, Geothermal, landfill gas, municipal solid waste conversion, ocean thermal, ocean wave, Palo Alto, photovoltaic, renewable electric power, renewable energy, renewable energy request for proposal, renewable energy RFP, request for proposal, RFP, San Francisco, silicon valley, small hydroelectric, solar thermal, tidal energy, wave energy, wind

Palo Alto, a chartered city located in Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California has put out a Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking proposals to provide electric power generated by renewable resources. The city is seeking contracts for power for terms ranging from five years to 30 years from eligible renewable resources.